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Articles by Bill Robson
Opinion: Please, Santa, what Canada needs for Christmas is slimmer budgets Original
Skip to Content The federal budget has become unwieldy, packed with superfluous material that buries the key numbers deep where only experts can find them The November 2025 federal budget was not at all the decisive break from the past it claimed to be, write Nick Dahir and Bill Robson. Initial buzz about last month’s supposedly “generational” federal budget marking a decisive break from the growth-suppressing fiscal policies of the recent past has now faded.
Opinion: Real Return Bonds, whose value rises with inflation, deserve another chance
Open this photo in gallery: A Commissionaire stand at his post at the Department of Finance March 5, 2014 in Ottawa.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Account Bill Robson is president and chief executive officer, and Alex Laurin is director of research, of the C.D. Howe Institute. They recently co-authored a study calling for the return of Real Return Bonds.
Opinion: Canada’s fall economic statement spending proves Ottawa is unserious about public finances
Open this photo in gallery: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walk together before delivering the fall economic statement in Ottawa on Nov. 21.BLAIR GABLE/Reuters Please log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free Account William Robson is chief executive at the C.D. Howe Institute. The 2015 federal election heralded a new approach to federal fiscal policy. Serious was out. Spending only as much as revenue would cover was not cool.
Reshoring is a poor long-term strategy for sustainable growth
On November 22, 2022, as part of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce’s Ontario Economic Summit, The Hub’s executive director Rudyard Griffiths moderated a “Munk-style” debate involving Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne, C.D. Howe Institute president and CEO Bill Robson, former Ontario Cabinet minister Sandra Pupatello, and The Hub’s own editor-at-large Sean Speer. The debate’s resolution read: Be It Resolved: Ontario Needs Reshoring as Part of Its Growth Agenda.
Review: Cardo's new Freecom 4X helmet communication system keeps you connected
As a biker and music lover who likes to spend long hours and cover many miles in the saddle, preferably in the direction of a way civilization, I must admit that I have always been frustrated by one aspect of driving: listening to music while driving.
Innovative new Urban Utropia full carbon e-bike looks amazing, weighs just 30 pounds
I’m always looking for an unusual twist in e-bike design. Recently, I came across the New Urban Urtopia (“Urban Utopia”) e-bike, a limited-production bike that promised light weight, innovative features, and a very interesting frame design. A few weeks ago the company was kind enough to send me a unit for review. Right out of the box, their first claim – lightness – was easily verifiable.
Two If By Sea: Harley's "LiveWire" launches its second electric model, the 80hp S2 Del Mar
Home Lifestyle Two If By Sea: Harley’s “LiveWire” launches its second electric model, the... Rumors and spy photos keep turning into real products at Harley-Davidson, which recently launched a new high-performance Sportster model and has now lifted the lid on a second full size electric motorcycle model.
Bill Robson: Give businesses a break on GST/HST payments during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 outbreak presents a unique threat to Canada’s economy. The last major crisis, in 2008-09, had the financial system at its core and responded well to injections of liquidity and support for credit markets. The coronavirus is not like that. It has stopped the economy cold. People are staying home. Many service industries have shut their doors. Output and employment are plummeting. Canadian governments have responded.
Bill Robson: A professional critic’s festive fulmination
At FP Comment, we do our share of complaining. For the festive season, six wise Canadians tell us what not to complain about. What’s going well and shouldn’t be changed? Today, Bill Robson on three great ways Canada stands out. My colleagues and I at the C.D. Howe Institute devote much of our daily attention to criticizing poorly conceived and ineptly implemented policy in Canada. As we should. That’s our job. And our governments keep us all too well supplied.
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